BRAVE investigation leads to federal drug, gun indictments

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BATON ROUGE - Federal and state authorities announced charges and indictments today against more than a dozen people as part of investigations in northern Baton Rouge.

Authorities said 15 face federal gun and drug indictments, and all of them are in federal custody. An additional 11 arrests were made as part of the investigations for probation and parole violations, and police seized numerous firearms, ammunition and narcotics during their arrests.

U. S. Attorneys said the BRAVE program by Baton Rouge Police identified repeat offenders in the city who met federal guidelines for prosecution, and arrested six of them during an operation Thursday. Eight of the suspects have direct ties to the 70805 ZIP code in Baton Rouge, an area of the city which had some of the highest rates of violence and which BRAVE program was focused in.

News 2's Mike Steele was at the announcement and will be live with more information starting at noon.